Navdeep Bagga
ENTERPRISE & B2B UX
DELVER OF DETAILS
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
Experience
Sr. UX Designer @ Nutanix, Inc.
May 2018 - present · San Jose, California
Leading UX for core Compute, contributing in driving core hypervisor adoption from 35% to 72% over 6 years
Designed a key feature which led to Sales team securing a $50k POC deal with a new customer
Won 3 times in "Simplicity & Delight" category, submitting impactful projects part of annual Hackathon event
Advocating for user-centered design through caricatures and user journeys, aligning stakeholders with user needs
Conducted user testing at .NEXT conferences in 2019 (Copenhagen) and 2023 (Chicago) to gather insights
Mentoring junior designers and onboarding them to the private cloud domain and design processes
Designed Nutanix’s SaaS Test Drive, empowering partners to upsell Nutanix products
Product Design Intern @ Duo Security
May - Aug 2017 · Ann Arbor, Michigan
Designed a workflow to retrieve lost endpoints using a rapid, iterative approach, validated through usability testing
Created a dashboard for quick overview of endpoints security on Duo’s enterprise admin panel
Moderated a usability test with 4 remote users, followed by a detailed synthesis of findings
Delivered a lightning talk on best practices for web forms
Front-End Developer @ Kore, Inc.
Nov 2015 - Jun 2016 · Hyderabad, India
Worked on front-end of Kore web application's enterprise administration console
Skilled in converting mock-ups to web pages using HTML and CSS and then developing interactions in JavaScript
Wrote custom modules in a custom jQuery framework supported by Handlebars templates
Co-Founder @ merainstitute.com
May - Sep 2015 · Indore, India
Co-founded an EdTech startup that provided an online platform for coaching institutes targeting exams like JEE, AIEEE, etc.
Onboarded 5 local institutes
Sole Front-End Developer and UX Designer in a team of 3 people
Associate Software Developer @ ClearTrail Technologies
Jul 2013 - May 2015 · Indore, India
Maintained a windows alert manager service responsible for synching data by reading messages from MSMQ and updating to an MS-SQL database
Responsible for designing and developing audit reports requiring designing and development in HTML, CSS and then writing SQL procedures to bind the back-end data to these reports
Active member of software release cycle
Education
Class of 2018
Master of Science in Information (MSI),
Focus: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Sri G.S. Institute of Technology & Science, India
Class of 2013
Bachelor of Engineering (BE),
Focus: Computer Science
Skills
UX
Interaction Design
Visual Design
Micro-interactions
Design Systems
Wireframing
Prototyping
Accessibility (WCAG)
Info Architecture
Design Strategy
Usability Testing
Journey Mapping
Personas
A/B Testing
Competitive Analysis
Surveys
Tools
Figma
Sketch
Framer
Jira
Confluence
Out in the wild
Founded a weekly board game night at Nutanix, building community through games every Thursday
Graphic design enthusiast: Created custom playing card decks using Figma
JavaScript hobbyist: Developed Figma plugins just for fun
Fantasy sports analyst: Crunch numbers in Google Sheets to track my Fantasy Premier League team
Resident Dungeon Master: Run immersive D&D one-shots and campaigns
Nature lover: Reconnect with frequent hikes to recharge and unwind
Guitar hobbyist: Learn and cover favorite songs by ear